APES Module 29 and 30

What is the tragedy of the commons?

• The belief that people should maximize use of resources, based on the greatest good for everyone.

• The cost or benefit of a good or service that is not included in the purchase price of that good or service.

• The tendency of a shared, limited resource to become depleted because people act from self-interest for short-term gain.

• A classification used to designate lands that may be used for recreation, grazing, timber harvesting, and mineral extraction.

What is the largest type of land use in the United States?

• Grassland/grazing land

• Recreational and wildlife lands

• Timber production

• Cropland

What percentage of the nation's land area is public?

• 45 percent

• 80 percent

• 50 percent

• 42 percent

What agency controls recreation and conservation?

• The National Park Service (NPS)

• The Wildlife Service (TWS)

• The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

• The United States Forest Service (USFS)

Which type of protected land might allow limited mining?

• a protected landscape

• a managed resource protected area

• a habitat management area

• a nature reserve

What do you call the method of harvesting trees that involves the removal of single trees or a relatively small number of trees from among many in a forest?

• clear-cutting

• ecologically sustainable forestry

• selective cutting

When was the Endangered Species Act?

• 1984

• 1825

• 1973

• 1995

During which year was the distribution of rural and urban population equal?

• 1930

• 2000

• 1960

• 2010

What is zoning?

• A plan that outlines how a developer will address concerns raised by a project’s impact on the different zones of the environment.

• A set of principles for community planning that focuses on strategies to encourage the development of sustainable, healthy communities.

• The process of dividing creating dry and open grasslands into different zones.

• A planning tool used to separate industry and business from residential neighborhoods.

What is the difference between exurban and suburban?

• Exurban is an area similar to a suburb, but unconnected to any central city or densely populated area, and suburban is an area surrounding a metropolitan center, with a comparatively low population density.

• Exurban is an area surrounding a metropolitan center, with a comparatively low population density, and suburban is an area similar to a suburb, but unconnected to any central city or densely populated area,